Melanesia in review: issues and events, 2003. From: The Contemporary Pacific | Date: September 22, 2004| Author: Chappell, David; Jowitt, Anita; Kabutaulaka, Tarcisius Tara; Timmer, Jaap | COPYRIGHT 2004 University of Hawaii Press. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

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For a nonelection year, 2003 proved to be an eventful one in New Caledonia. This was the 150th anniversary of French annexation and also the fifth year of the landmark Noumea Accord peace agreement between pro-independence Kanak and loyalist French residents and their respective allies. French President Jacques Chirac visited, as did other metropolitan officials, to give assura...

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